LtS,

Not particularly, a friend returned a disc with the song on and I decided to check if it was in the DT.

Herga Kitty,

Thirteen pence a day was, the British private soldier's basic daily rate of pay (1/- per day + 1d "beer money") for something in excess of 100 years, so I'm surprised there was not more mention of it(it wasn't considered a good rate of pay, even in the 1970s).

Malcolm,

The Dots are in Palmer's "The Rambling Soldier", unfortunately, my copy has gone walkabout.

Best Wishes

Walrus